Re: Histogram scale change when importing .ZVI files

Posted by G. Esteban Fernandez on Jul 15, 2014; 8:12pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Histogram-scale-change-when-importing-ZVI-files-tp5008753p5008756.html

The histogram display is being scaled to the max. intensity present in the
image.  Try this: open an image that gives you a scale <65,535 and display
the Histogram like you have been doing, then draw one pixel of intensity
65,535 anywhere in the image using the pencil tool, then display the
Histogram again.  The scale should change from <65,535 to 65,535.

Bio-Formats is not changing the image, so any subsequent analysis is
comparable between images that have different histogram scales.

-Esteban


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 11:33 AM, javila0624 <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I'm having a difficult time understanding why histogram scales change when
> I
> import .zvi using the bio-formats importer. I'd like to convert all of my
> files to .tif format and use ImageJ for analysis but I am concerned any
> subsequent analysis will not be valid as a result of this rescaling.
>
>
>
> Here's what I have done:
> I save a 16-bit .zvi file and load onto Mac OSX. (I know it is 16-bit
> because my Axiovision camera captures at this depth and the software
> confirms in the file information.)
> Using the bio-formats import option, I open the 3-channel .zvi file with
> the
> Standard-ImageJ stack option selected. The 3 channels are split;
> autoscaling
> is off, and color mode is in gray-scale. I have also tried different
> variations of this by using hyperstack options, and color-mode on default.
>
> The result has been the same: Upon clicking on the histogram function, I
> see
> that instead of seeing a 0-65535 range on my intensity distribution scale,
> images from both different channels and different samples can vary in the
> intensity scaling. Example: sample 1, channel 1 shows a 0-65520 scale;
> sample 1 channel 3 shows a 0-65520 scale ;sample 2, channel 1 shows a
> 0-65520 scale; sample 2, channel 3 shows a 0-58890 scale.
>
> In an attempt to confirm that the images should be on a 0-65535 scale,
> opening the files without bio-formats importer and then clicking on the
> histogram function shows me that this is in fact the case: the scale is
> 0-65535. (this is not an option for me however, as images areas are
> scrambled on the ImageJ window, i.e. the image quadrants/relative positions
> are 'scrambled' on the image.)
>
> It seems like a straightforward scaling or binning problem, but how can the
> importer be set to bin equivalently?
>
>
> Can anyone help me understand why this happens? How can I maintain the
> 16-bit scale (0-65535)?
>
> I've played around with converting to 32-bit and re-converting back to
> 16-bit. I'd rather avoid this step if at all necessary and retain the
> original data scale.
>
>
> Thank in advance for any help!!
>
>
>
>
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